IVANOVO-VOZNESENSKAYA POWER STATION

TELEPHONE TELEGRAM TO VSNKh
EXTREMELY URGENT.

Presidium of the Economic Council, copy to the People's Commissariat of Finance and the State Control Commission and to Engineer Grafchio
(home telephone 1-72-49. Povarskaya, 22, apt. 3).

[8 September 1921]

According to Grafchio's report, the Volkhov construction project is provided with foodstuffs for September through December, but work has stopped for lack of monetary tokens. Glavkomgosoobr is allocating to the Volkhov construction project only 125 million for September, while according to Grafchio's statement more than one billion is required.

I propose immediately to provide the Volkhov construction project with the necessary quantity of monetary tokens to ensure accelerated prosecution of work in accordance with the quantity of rations allocated pursuant to the decrees of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee of 30 May and 5 November.

Send me a report on execution no later than 10 September. [826]

Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars (Lenin)

**MEMORANDUM TO P. A. BOGDANOV.**

[September 1921]

Comrade Bogdanov! So you are directing this directly and answering for it?

---

*The memorandum was written by Lenin on a note from Grafchio concerning who directly oversees the Volkhov construction project. Under the note Lenin wrote: "From Grafchio," then drew two lines and wrote on the right in red pencil, apparently later: "Chaos at Volkhov construction."*

*The memorandum is not dated, but apparently was written during the period to which Grafchio's statements refer, i.e. in early September 1921.*

**IVANOVO-VOZNESENSKAYA POWER STATION**

The project for construction of the Ivanovo-Voznesenskaya regional power station was outlined in the GOELRO plan, approved at the VIII Congress of Soviets in December 1920. The corresponding decisions...

*Printed from a typewritten copy. —Ed.*